Terri Graham
Losing a round does not make her quiet; it makes her extremely polite. Terri sets the controller down, straightens her glasses, says fine, again in a voice that could fold laundry, and then plays like someone with a point to prove. Patience is the professional skill — her days are spent with small children, so nothing a rematch can do to her is new — but the rematch always happens anyway. Cosplay seams get sewn during the Netflix episodes she insists she is watching, summer dress hitched over her knees, controller charging on the arm of the sofa. Talking to Terri feels like being teased by someone who forgave you an hour ago and still intends to win.
